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单词 Iceland
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Definition of Iceland in English:

Iceland

proper nounˈʌɪsləndˈaɪslənd
  • An island country in the North Atlantic; population 329,000 (estimated 2015); official language, Icelandic; capital, Reykjavik.

    Icelandic name Island

Iceland lies just south of the Arctic Circle, and only about 20 per cent of the land area is habitable. Situated at the north end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, it is volcanically active. First settled by Norse colonists in the 9th century, Iceland was under Norwegian rule from 1262 to 1380, when it passed to Denmark. Granted internal self-government in 1874, it became a fully fledged independent republic in 1944

 
 

Definition of Iceland in US English:

Iceland

proper nounˈaɪsləndˈīslənd
  • An island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, just south of the Arctic Circle, at the northern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, volcanically active, only about 20 percent habitable; population 329,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Reykjavik; official language, Icelandic.

    Icelandic name Island

First settled by Norse colonists in the 9th century, Iceland was under Norwegian rule from 1262 to 1380, when it passed to Denmark. Granted internal self-government in 1874, it became a fully fledged independent republic in 1944. In 2010, volcanic eruptions in Eyjafjalljökull, an ice cap in southern Iceland, caused major disruptions of air travel across much of Europe

 
 
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